Spike Lee's War Epic Starts a Battle With Italy

Spike Lee's War Epic Starts a Battle With Italy

Spike Lee's War Epic Starts a Battle With Italy When Spike Lee adapted the novel Miracle at St. Anna, he intended to celebrate the memory of African-American soldiers trapped in an Italian village during World War II. He also ended up offending a whole different set of veterans. Italian World War II anti-Fascist partisans have denounced Miracle at St. Anna as full of lies, and insulting to the Italian Resistance.